Josh Allen powers Bills ground attack with 121 rushing yards

This daily breakdown leans on PickALeague’s in-house WAR and PAL metrics to spotlight the NFL’s top outings from the games played on Tuesday, October 13. The WAR a player earns in a single day captures exactly how many wins he added over a replacement-level player with that one performance. PAL then frames that game within the current season, showing where he stands among regulars at his position across the league.

October 13: the best performances by WAR

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  Josh AllenBuffalo BillsWAR1.2▲ 0.42PAL89→92▲ 31 game, 12/19, 210 yds passing, 1 TD, 1 INT, 121 yds rushing
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  Matthew StaffordLos Angeles RamsWAR0.6▲ 0.37PAL44→50▲ 61 game, 40/54, 383 yds passing, 3 TD, 0 INT
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  Tyler HigbeeLos Angeles RamsWAR0.1▲ 0.06PAL50→68▲ 181 game, 5 catches, 83 yds, 0 TD
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  Nate LandmanLos Angeles RamsWAR0.2▲ 0.06PAL63→91▲ 281 game, 13 tackles, 2 forced fumbles
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  Khalil ShakirBuffalo BillsWAR0.1▲ 0.05PAL62→88▲ 261 game, 3 catches, 80 yds, 0 TD

Josh Allen drove the Buffalo Bills offense with a 0.42 WAR gain, moving his season mark from 0.8 to 1.2. The quarterback went 12-of-19 for 210 passing yards with 1 TD and 1 INT, and his added 121 rushing yards turned it into a true dual-threat performance that also nudged his PAL from 89 up to 92.

Matthew Stafford nearly doubled his WAR for the Los Angeles Rams, jumping from 0.3 to 0.6 on the strength of a 0.37 gain. The quarterback piled up volume with a 40-of-54 passing line for 383 yards and 3 touchdowns without an interception, a heavy workload that pulled his PAL from 44 to 50, right around positional average.

Tyler Higbee finally gets on the WAR board for the Los Angeles Rams, climbing from 0 to 0.1 with a 0.06 boost. The tight end hauled in 5 catches for 83 yards in this game, one of his most visible offensive contributions of the year and enough to drive his PAL from 50 to 68, comfortably above mid-pack at the position.

Nate Landman added to his value for the Los Angeles Rams as well, tacking on 0.06 WAR to rise from 0.1 to 0.2. With 13 tackles and 2 forced fumbles, the linebacker made his presence felt on defense and saw his PAL surge from 63 to 91, putting his early-season profile alongside some of the top performers at his spot.

Khalil Shakir keeps carving out a role in the Buffalo Bills passing game, gaining 0.05 WAR to move from 0 to 0.1. The wide receiver turned 3 catches into 80 yards, a tidy line that pushed his PAL from 62 up to 88 and now places him among the more productive targets league-wide at this stage of the season.

One to watch

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  Jaylen WatsonLos Angeles RamsWAR-0.1▲ 0.0PAL19→46▲ 271 game, 1 tackle, 1 INT, 2 passes defensed

Jaylen Watson is a Los Angeles Rams defender to keep an eye on, even though his WAR holds steady at -0.1 after this game. The cornerback’s line of 1 tackle, 1 interception and 2 passes defensed was strong enough to lift his PAL from 19 to 46, but not yet to the level of an entrenched secondary cornerstone. That jump in percentile suggests that a few more performances in this range could quickly change the story of his season.